Mark Sway Analysis

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The Clinet
Hero: Mark Sway
Characters: Ricky Sway, Dianne Sway, Reggie Love, Jerome Clifford, Barry Muldanno, Roy Foltrigg, Thomas Fink, Larry Trumann, Dr. Greenway and Paul Gronke.
Dialogue: “Shut up!” the man ordered and Mark did. As the man put his hand to take the whiskey bottle, which was between the seats, Mark saw that there was a gun there too. The man took a lomg drink from the bottle and then said quietly, “We’re going to die together, kid.”
Plot: Mark is an 11-year old boy who has a rough childhood and he’s smoking, one day Mark and his bother, Ricky went to the woods when suddenly they saw a man who tried to kill himself, as they tried to prevent the man from killing himself Mark got kidnnaped by the man and and learns an important secret which the mafia will anything so it will remain a secret, while the FBI would like Mark to share his secret, what will Mark do?
Conflict: The main conflict of the story is not about two people but rather about two choices that

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